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by charlesjb

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I need to deploy a Network Management software for my LAN (100 users) and I'm looking at the following options: Solarwinds (Ipmonitor), PacketTrap (pt360) and Whatsup Gold. I need to have the option to monitor MS Exchange/ AD. Any suggestions?

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by nonapeptide

What kind of things were you hoping to monitor in Exchange and AD? Mailbox limits, schema aditions, or ... ?

TheDude, by MicroTik, is a nice freebie... even though I don't think it monitors AD or Exchange.

http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php

(edited because I mangled the URL and didn't proof read)

by charlesjb

On Exchange: mailboxes mainly (limit, corrupt,etc.). On the network side: packet information , traffic evaluation, bandwidth, ports, etc.

by nonapeptide

Okay, I don't have much experience with Exchange so I can't help a lot with that. however, maybe Exchange adds some SNMP things that could then be monitored by your favorite SNMP tool: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange_Server_2003_Message_Flow.html

As far as packet info, traffic evaluation and the rest of it: Are you looking for totally free options or software packages that cost you some money? The opensource solution that immediately comes to my mind is Snort. However, there's plenty of software packages out there that you can buy that may or may not give you more features or user-friendliness.

This list of network monitoring tools has virtually every monitoring tool ever made and probably a few more: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/xorg/nmtf/nmtf-tools.html

Take your pick!

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